[ SLANG ][ AI ][ NOUN ]
The belief or strategy that throwing more raw computation at a problem — bigger models, more training runs, more inference-time reasoning — is the reliable path to progress, over cleverer algorithms or architecture.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Their whole roadmap is compute maximalism, bigger model, more GPUs, and hope it just works."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named as a philosophy label by AI researchers debating scaling versus algorithmic innovation, describing the camp that treats 'just add more compute' as the dominant strategy rather than one input among many.
FIRST SEEN
2024
PEAK POPULARITY
2024-2026 (Scaling Debate Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Inference-Time ComputeP(doom)
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